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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII, The Voortrekkers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Paul de Prè gain control of the Van Doorn estate in South Africa?
(a) He marries the widowed Annatjie Van Doorn.
(b) He wins it in a card game.
(c) He buys it when the Van Doorns go bankrupt.
(d) He murders Marthinus Van Doorn.

2. What law do the English pass at the beginning of Chapter Eight?
(a) A law requiring mandatory military service for all men.
(b) A law giving black South Africans the same rights as whites.
(c) A law making cattle theft punishable by death.
(d) A law prohibiting the Dutch from voting.

3. When he is a boy, why does Shaka think he will one day be the Zulu chief?
(a) He is good with a spear and thinks he'll be a great warrior.
(b) He is arrogant and has a high opinion of his abilities.
(c) Although he's a tribal outcast, he's the chief's son.
(d) He is very popular with the other boys.

4. Who leads the Voortrekkers as a general when they battle with the Zulus at Blood River in 1838?
(a) Tjaart Van Doorn.
(b) Lukas DeGroot.
(c) Andries Pretorius.
(d) Mzilikazi.

5. What work does Paul de Prè's wife do for his Amsterdam employers?
(a) She is their cook.
(b) She is their housekeeper.
(c) She is their seamstress.
(d) She is their governess.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Van Doorn befriends the slave Dikkop in Chapter Five?

2. To what religion does Prince Henry of Portugal wish to convert Africa?

3. Why does Nxumalo decide not to return to his home village after seeing Zimbabwe?

4. What happens when Mzilikazi stands up to Shaka?

5. What is the Old Seeker's spear made out of in Chapter Two?

(see the answer key)

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